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Nationwide round-up (03/04/21)
March 4, 2021 | 7:45 pm
House committee approves proposed quarterly payment of senior citizens’ pension
A House of Representatives panel has approved a proposed measure for the quarterly distribution of pension to indigent senior citizens instead of every six months. In its hearing on Thursday, the House special committee on senior citizens approved House Resolution 1047, which will change the release schedule for the P500 per month pension for every senior beneficiary. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) handles the fund distribution. House Deputy Speaker Rufus B. Rodriguez, who filed the resolution, said the semi-annual schedule is “too long,” especially with the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. “A six months wait, and they’re indigent too, is certainly not the proper way to be of help to our senior citizens,” he said in the hearing. He added that ideally, the DSWD should distributing monthly, but every t
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THE PINATUBO Volcano Observatory located within the Pampanga Agricultural State University in the town of Magalang. PHIVOLCS.DOST.GOV.PH
Mt. Pinatubo alert level raised, but no ‘imminent eruption’ forecast
THE alert warning for Mt. Pinatubo, located in the central Luzon area, was raised on Thursday to level 1 from 0 due to continued seismic activities, but no “imminent eruption is foreseen,” according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). In its Mar. 4 bulletin, Phivolcs said 1,722 “imperceptible” earthquakes have been detected under the volcano’s range since Jan. 20. The tremors’ local magnitude range between 0.2 to 2.8. Phivolcs recommends staying away from the Pinatubo crater or be done with extreme caution if unavoidable. “Communities and local government units surrounding Pinatubo are reminded to be always prepared for both earthquake and volcanic hazards and to review, prepare and strengthen their contingency, emerge
The first phase of the Supreme Court’s (SC) oral arguments on 37 petitions against the constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020 ended at about 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2.
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First phase was held for four Tuesdays starting last Feb. 2, except Feb. 23, and dea
One of the three Supreme Court (SC) senior associate justices Estela M. Perlas Bernabe, Alexander G. Gesmundo and Ramon Paul L. Hernando is expected to be appointed by President Duterte as replacement to Chief Justice Diosdado M. Peralta who will retire early on March 27.